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The Clue
High-maintenance (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NEEDY
Tags
Notes
The answer NEEDY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Broke
Destitute
Disadvantaged
Impoverished
Indigent
Mendicant
Pauperish
Penurious
Pinched
Poor
Strapped
Undersupplied
In want
Deserving assistance
Down and out
Down-and-out
Emotionally demanding
Far from loaded
Lacking lucre
Poverty-stricken
Sans resources
Those in want
Not self-sufficient
Like some scholarship winners
Definition
NEEDY as a noun:
1. needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"
NEEDY as an adjective:
1. (destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken) = poor enough to need help from others
2. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree